Independence, taken to
its logical conclusion,
without creation’s tapestry of community,
leaves us with nothing more than
winner-take-all tournaments
whose grand prize is
the nothingness of one.
We can only achieve independence
on one front by carefully tending
to dependence on others.
There are no independent independents;
only fools whose temporary rise
prepares them for catastrophic fall.
Benjamin Franklin was right:
“We must, indeed, all hang together, or
assuredly we shall all hang separately.”
© 2012 Todd Jenkins
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